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masculine

/byd.ʒɛ/

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Translation

budget

Word origin

Borrowed back from English 'budget', which itself came from Old French bougette ('little bag'), a diminutive of bouge, from Latin bulga ('leather pouch'). The chancellor's money bag named the accounts inside it.

Origin
Old French
Root
bougette
English cognates
budget, bulge

Grammar

Gendermasculine
Pluralbudgets

Examples

.

The city's budget was passed yesterday.

' .

We do not have the budget for this project.

.

Police budgets are going to rise.

l' .

She is drawing up next year's budget.

.

This film cost twice its budget.

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This word is part of lesson 53.